Daily Republican., 1887-05-21
TIE KINGSTON MOB.
o,Br,en Attacked As He is Leaving ths
UalI-stones Fly Like Hall.

Uall-stones Fly Like Hail.
KINGSTON, Ontario, May 20.-MI
IO'Bntn arrived here this evening from
lottaya. A crowd Of persons greete'
: him as he stepped out OF the car at tb
istat,on, The party was driven to tn
Burnett House, where crow wd had COL
Jected. which heartily chesred. A bat
ltory of the Dominion Regular Artiiler,
lCorps was held In readiness, full,
,rmed and equipped at the barracks II
IOn,ario street. The Fourteenth (Princ'
Iof Wales Own rtfies were massed
I,be drill shed on Union street. Beeidel
ltbIs. large number OF special consia
InIss we're sworn IN to aid the ordinary
Ipolice force.
| On arriving at the Skating Rink
where the meeting was held, crowds,
Iall O'Brion's sympathizers, were found
Ioathered around the building and along
IIbe sidewalk. The audience which as
Isembcl numb bered about 200 persons.
Referring to the negotiations between
II,ord Lapsdowne aud his tenants, Mr..
lO'Briea said: "Lord Lnnsdowne has
lopIy to 90 back to the compromise
Ioffered to the Luggacurran tenants BY
lhis own agent, Mr.. Townsend Trench.
land we shall be satisfied. We were
loDly TOO anxious to accept them when
Ithey were offered first. He has only to.
Iday. at the eleventh hour, to say the
word and carry out the agreement
which his own agents made, and TO.
morrow morning we leave for Ireland
without o harsh thought toward Lord
|Lausdowne In our hearts"
The crowd outside had now swollen
to immense proportions, and had am
Die material In the street with which to
carry on any murderous design they
might have. At length the meeting
was brought to an end by few remsrks
from the chairman, who told the audi
ence To 20 home pesceably. Then the
people started to 60 out, Mr.. O'brien
being In the rear.
o'BRIEN STRUCK.
Mr.. O'Brien's friends hurried him to|
the front, and he stepped on the wooden
sidewalk, wearing the usual tall hat,
The moment the Oraugemen on the op.
pos!te side of the street saw him they
raised savage yells OF Vengeance. and
with cries Of 'There he ir," rushed
ACROSS the street. Broken stones and
cobblestones then began flying like hail,
the women screamed and general con- |
fusion reiqned. "Ah, they re at It'll
again" said Mr.. O'Brien, In q tone Of
mournful regret more than OF anger.
eyes, yes," roared the mob. "There
he isl Drag him out here on the street.
Kill himl Tear him asunder," and
they almost burst through Mr.. o BrieD'sl
body guard, which consisted OF Ameri
can special correspor dents and local
officers of the Nationel League.
A man changed hats with Mr.O'Brien,
as that worn by the latter had furnish
cd target for the mob, aud as the party
doubled into Wellington street another
shower OF bricks and broken stones
name crashing through the crowd. Mr..
O'Brien and his friends bent their
heads, but received the missiles on the
body.
The crowd surged, when Messrs.
Wall aud Kellogg were flung to the
ground, and Mr.. O'Brien disappeared,
evidently into Newman's house, but upI
20 the present time nobody ia certain OF
his, for no one really knows where he
The mob rusbed to the Burnett
House, thinking Mr.. O'Brien was there,
"To hi with home rule,"
'Kili him." etc. Although Mr.. O'Brieh
was not there, they fired volleys OIL
'tOutb aN tu6 WiuuOWb, ouu
yrosned and yelled to their hearts, con
ent.
A NARROW ESCAPE.
Two hours had now elapsed since the
irst attack was made and nobody
Knew where Mr.. O'Brien was, hut he
was soon discovered. Peter Devlin,
who lives on the corner Of Wellington
and William streets, stole down to
Chief OF Police Horsey and said: "Mr. y
, Brien 10 safe with me-"
"rhank God" exclaimed the crowd.
Ohief Horsey, with Mayor Carson, six
policemen and William Hardy, Of the
locomotive works, then went to Devlin's
house and brought back MT O'Brien to
the Burnett House. The latter reached
Devlin's house In this way.
II will protect you now to the hotel"
said Mayor Carson coolly; II will call
out the artillery
"You will?" exclaimed Mr.. o Brien
sarcaetically. "I don't want your pro.
lection now. sir. You saw mob of
demons, 800 strong, outside of that hal,
thirsting for my blood while l WAS ad
resting peaceable meeting, and you
Ilidn't disperse them. Where was your
artillery then, sir?" and Mr.. O'Brien
ground his teeth In rage.
The Mayor hung his bead and said mol
more. The policemen acted Just the
samo as those at Toronto.